Rhapsody

  • Author: Mitchell James Kaplan
  • Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 10:56:41
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Synopsis

“Mitchell James Kaplan [brings] his impressive knowledge of history, composition, and the heart’s whims to bear on this shining rendition of Swift and Gershwin’s star-crossed love.” —Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Z and A Good Neighborhood

“A lilting, jazzy ballad as catchy as a Gershwin tune…Rhapsody will have you humming, toe-tapping, and singing along with every turn of the page.” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress

One evening in 1924, Katharine “Kay” Swift—the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition—attends a concert. The piece: Rhapsody in Blue. The composer: a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin.

Kay is transfixed, helpless to resist the magnetic pull of George’s talent, charm, and swagger. Their ten-year love affair, complicated by her conflicted loyalty to her husband and the twists and turns of her own musical career, ends only with George’s death from a brain tumor at the age of thirty-eight.

Set in Jazz Age New York City, this stunning work of fiction, for fans of The Paris Wife and Loving Frank, explores the timeless bond between two brilliant, strong-willed artists. George Gershwin left behind not just a body of work unmatched in popular musical history, but a woman who loved him with all her heart, knowing all the while that he belonged not to her, but to the world.

Chapters

  • 021 Rhapsody Part2 Ch18

    Duration: 10min
  • 022 Rhapsody Part2 Ch19

    Duration: 26min
  • 023 Rhapsody Part2 Ch20

    Duration: 10min
  • 024 Rhapsody Part2 Ch21

    Duration: 30min
  • 025 Rhapsody Part2 Ch22

    Duration: 04min
  • 026 Rhapsody Part2 Ch23

    Duration: 05min
  • 027 Rhapsody Part2 Ch24

    Duration: 10min
  • 028 Rhapsody Part2 Ch25

    Duration: 22min
  • 029 Rhapsody Part2 Ch26

    Duration: 14min
  • 030 Rhapsody Part2 Ch27

    Duration: 13min
  • 031 Rhapsody Part2 Ch28

    Duration: 09min
  • 032 Rhapsody Part2 Ch29

    Duration: 13min
  • 033 Rhapsody Part2 Ch30

    Duration: 05min
  • 034 Rhapsody Part2 Ch31

    Duration: 13min
  • 035 Rhapsody Part2 Ch32

    Duration: 11min
  • 036 Rhapsody Part2 Ch33

    Duration: 15min
  • 037 Rhapsody Part2 Ch34

    Duration: 09min
  • 038 Rhapsody Part2 Ch35

    Duration: 03min
  • 039 Rhapsody Part3 Ch36

    Duration: 24min
  • 040 Rhapsody Part3 Ch37

    Duration: 05min
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